Gas-producer.



PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

C. J. ATKINSON. GAS PRODUCER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1906.

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CYRIL J. ATKINSON, OF -MILVVAUKEE, WISGONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY, A

NEW ERSEY.

Specification of Letters Yateul; I

CORPORATION OF GAS-PRODUCER Peteixted Jeri 15, 1907.

Application filed Migy 7. 1906. idflfll No. 8150 98:

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OYRIL J. ATKINSON, a citizen of Great Britain, residing at Milwsw kee,- county of Milwaukee, and State of Wiscousin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas Producers, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to means for automaticallyregulating the su ply of Water to the vaporizer of s gas-pro user in accordonce with the demand for gas therefrom, and particularly to that type *COIXJHODiY called suotion producers, wherein the flow of to the retort to aid combustion is induced by a suction action of the engine caused by the forward. stroke of the piston producing a partial vacuum in ti: o cylinder in drawing in its charge.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure L'represents on elevation 05 a, gaspreclucer having my invention embodied therein. is s seotionsl elevation of e 2 5 feedevater cup.

Similar reference-numerals designate like parts throughout both views.

1 represents retort. f2 13 a gasmonduit communis 11g therewith and leading to the "o serubbe, is engnio Not shown.) 3 1s a surrounding; the gas- 1 Lug best therefrom. 4 is I the 'Vfi-p()1:lZi1lg-Ol3fl,Il1l)(-)T 1 v. is on opening in the wall of the mporinng-chsinber for the purpose of admitting i 3, end 6 is a swinging grits-vs 13L ntroi the. size oi said milk in which the 1 u iiirod level by being T connected with s souroo oi water-supply by any preferred moons. S is a pipe commotion between said tank and the bottom of a, feed- Wster cup 9. The cup is preferably cylindrical in term and sir-tight and having on ising a. pipe 10, passhe sup and adopt A? to the upper pix-rt of \ber. The pipe 8 e35.- tends up r the body of the cup to a plune slightly below the top thereof and is provided with one or more slots 11 in its well, that extend iron. the upper end of the pipe to it plans slightly above the bottom of the cup, the cornoinod areas of the slots being Vii-pi 1 tire vapor a proximatel e ual to thatof the pipe. T e constanteve tank and the-feed-cup are so located relatively to eaoh. other that a head of water is maintained in thegge 8 sp- Froxinmtely level with or slightl' e o'w the ower ends of the slots in the fee -pipe when the plant is at rest. At each suction-stroke of the enginefliir isldmwnlinto the vaporizingchamber'" through the 5 and also through the we 10., ouismflo stin with the feed-cup 9-, cel sesn psi-tie! vacuum in siliil ,cup. As the PI'GS SHI'GfQf' air is reduced in the feed-bu the water will rise, and more or less of it W1 flow through the slots and pipe 10 to the vaporizer, the quantity being proportionate with the degree of wow um in the feed-cup and the letter with the speed of the eng' 0.

To maintain a uniform percentage of m0isture atyarying speeds of the engine, it is desirablothat the s 3? of water supplied to the vayorizer shou not only be proportionate with the sfreed of the engine, but should vs as rapid y as the speed chimges-that is, t e variation in the requirement should as uickly have a variation in efieots to meet t e r uirement, and such is the result sttsined y the mechanism descl ibed-that is, the fifeater the speed of the engima the greater will 0 the'degree of vacuu the feed'cup, and coiisequentlytho flow o wmgertherefrom t0 thevoporizer will be greater.

The-inlet, for air into the vaporizing-chembel my be more 0} less closed or regulated by the gate, as requiied to further control the water-s11 sly What I cIaimQa' esire to secure by Lee tors Batent, is

,1. A suction gas-producer comprising in combination, a retort, a. gas-conduit leading therefrom, a vaporizing-chamber adapted to receive heat from said sswonduit, said chamber having;v an sir-inlet and a conduitcommunicating ,wim said retort, means for admitting water into said chamber, said menus comprising a constant-level watertzmk, en nit-tight feed-water cup, e pipe conneotien between said tank and cup, said conneotimt extending upward within said cup and provided with lateral openings therein, the coml-iined aroas vof the openings being approximately equal to that'of said, pipe connection whereby said connection has a variable overflow said cup proportionate heat from said gas-conduit, said vaporizer with the degree of vacuum formed therein andcausedby the flow of air to said producer, and a Water-conduit connecting said cup with said vaporizing-chambenm 2. A suction gas-producer comprising, in combination, a retort, a gas-conduit leading therefrom, a vaporizer adapted to receive having an air-inlet and a conduit communicating Withsaid retort, means for admitting Water into said vaporizer, said means comprising a constant-level Water-tank, an airtight teed-Water cup, a pipe connection between said tank and cup, said pipe extending ber.

CYRIL J. ATKINSON. Winte sses:

T. N. DAGGETT, E W. BURGESS. 

